Whopping 29.4% rise in Indian students in the US contributing $3.6 billion to US economy November 16, 2015

According to the latest report, in the year 2014-15 record number of around 1,32,888 students from India were pursuing education in the US, witnessing a whopping 29.4% rise and also contributed around $3.6 billion to the economy of the US.According to the report which was revealed, India stood at second position with r...

India to deploy more immigration officials at all International airports November 16, 2015

Tourists arriving in India might not require standing in the long queues as the government of India has taken a decision of deploying more immigration officials at all the international airports including the one in Ahmedabad.The Central Home Ministry had started the recruitment process for additional immigration offic...

The new bill with H-1B visa limits to hurt Indian IT firms November 16, 2015

US is all set to pass the immigration bill with the foremost implications for $146 billion IT sector of India and Indian IT employees. The bill look to prevent the firms from employing H-1B workers if they hire over 50 individuals in the US and over 50% of those workers are L-1B and H-1B visa holders.If the bill ...

US Senators introduced new bill for limiting H-1B abuse November 14, 2015

US Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin introduced S.2226 on Tuesday will curb abuse of H-1B visa by the superior technology firms.The bill came as the response to the firms that lay off US workers and replaced them with the cheaper overseas workers. According to the Senators joint statement, thenew bill will prev...

US DOS has issued an update related to personal or domestic employees November 14, 2015

The US Department of State (DOS) has issued a cable which updates the rule of Overseas Affairs Manual that deal with the personal or domestic employees of the US citizens on the temporary assignment in the US. The cable has given advice that the duration of stay for the qualified employee is raised from four to six yea...

UK colleges could lose millions due to changes in the visa November 14, 2015

The policy of the UK government towards the foreign students is at risk of damaging the finances of the universities in Britain, as the colleges which enroll theforeign students in the UK can lose over 3,00,000 pounds a year by 2017. This was told in the report that highlights a rising trust on the foreign fees.Accor...

The introduction of bill for H-1B visa reform hits IT firms November 14, 2015

The introduction of the bill for H-1B visa reform has hit many biggest IT firms in India as the stocks of these firms witness the sharp decline and selloff yesterday. Recently the bill was introduced and named after the US senators that seek to change and reduce the abuse and fraud in the short term visa programs.The t...

Commission said that price based visa system is not suited for Australia November 14, 2015

The immigration system of Australia is not suited well to the price based visa system; this was told by the report from the draft inquiry which was revealed by the Productivity Commission.According to the Commissioner, Paul Lindwall, the Australian present system allowed focusing on the skills and education, many immig...